{"id":479567,"date":"2025-08-21T13:34:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T17:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/alcaraz-will-debut-at-the-us-open-against-opelka-and-could-face-djokovic-in-the-semifinals\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T13:34:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T17:34:26","slug":"alcaraz-will-debut-at-the-us-open-against-opelka-and-could-face-djokovic-in-the-semifinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/tennis\/alcaraz-will-debut-at-the-us-open-against-opelka-and-could-face-djokovic-in-the-semifinals\/","title":{"rendered":"Alcaraz will debut at the US Open against Opelka and could face Djokovic in the semifinals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\nNew York (USA) (EFE).- Spaniard <a href=\"https:\/\/presidencia.gob.do\/noticias\/rd-lidera-en-ibtm-americas-y-realiza-encuentro-historico-de-mas-de-1600-turoperadores-y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carlos Alcaraz<\/a>, champion of the US Open in 2022, will debut in New York this year against American Reilly Opelka, number 66 in the world, and shares a side of the draw with Serbian Novak Djokovic, with whom he could meet in the semifinals.\n\nAlcaraz, number 3 in the world ranking, could also face Russian Daniil Medvedev, champion of this tournament in 2021, in the fourth round, and with Ben Shelton (n.6) in a hypothetical quarter-final, according to the draw held this Thursday in New York.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Alcaraz-Djokovic-1.webp?resize=900%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Alcaraz debutar\u00e1 en el Abierto de EE.UU. contra Opelka y podr\u00eda medirse con Djokovic en semifinales\" class=\"wp-image-2092145\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">El tenista serbio Novak Djokovic (d), junto al espa\u00f1ol Carlos Alcaraz (i), en una fotograf\u00eda de archivo. EFE\/Tolga Akmen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\nThe Italian <a href=\"https:\/\/efe.com\/deportes\/2025-08-19\/carlos-alcaraz-campeon-masters-cincinnati\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jannik Sinner<\/a>, world number one and reigning champion, will debut against Czech Vit Kopriva (n.87) and shares the same side of the bracket with German Alexander Zverev.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York (USA) (EFE).- Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, champion of the US Open in 2022, will debut in New York this year against American Reilly Opelka, number 66 in the world, and shares a side of the draw with Serbian Novak Djokovic, with whom he could meet in the semifinals. 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